ETST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jnana Yoga, Vaishnavism, Vaishya

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15 Jul 2018
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Etst 012 lecture 12: hinduism in the us: ritual, myth, and culture. Lecture 1. 1: introduction to hinduism in the u. s. Shiva (shaivism) : worship of the god shiva. Vishnu (vaisnavism) : worship of the god vishnu and his incarnations. Puja (ritual worship, at home and in temples) Sacrifice (usually fire sacrifice [offering things into a sacred fire], but sometimes. A cosmic principle of balance and eternal steadfastness animals) A metaphysical force that pushes and pulls things to return them to a state of. Hindu culture believes in the principle of rebirth, that all life is recycled in a sense. Each life is responding to the restraints of karma from a prior life. Inequality in this world is justified through the doctrines of karma, and is supported in the social context through the ideas of class and caste. Four different hierarchical classes of people ( varnas ) in descending order: Lecture 1. 3: the way of knowledge (jnana yoga)

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